Half of the admitted students have SAT scores from 1010 to 1220.
Top 25% of admitted students has SAT score higher than 1220.
Bottom 25% of admitted students has SAT score lower than 1010.
You need to have at least 1010 as your SAT score to get into Portland State University. SAT score lower than 1010 still can get you in but your application need to stand out.
Typical SAT scores for Portland State University are from 500 to 590 for math and from 510 to 630 for reading and writing.
Half of the students admitted to Portland State University have ACT scores from 19 to 25.
Top 25% of admitted students has ACT score higher than 25.
If you have 25 on your ACT test you have a good chance in getting into Portland State University assuming that other parts of your application are equally great.
Bottom 25% of admitted students has ACT score lower than 19.
You ACT score needs to be at least 19 to have some chance getting into Portland State University.
Typical ACT scores for Portland State University are from 18 to 25 for math and from Not available to Not available for reading and writing.
Portland State University admission rate is 0.8568. It means that out of 100 applicants only 86 will be accepted.
| Field of Study | Degree | Field of Study CIP |
|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelors Degree | 0301 (03.01) |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Master's Degree | 0301 (03.01) |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Doctoral Degree | 0301 (03.01) |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Master's Degree | 0302 (03.02) |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Doctoral Degree | 0302 (03.02) |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0302 (03.02) |
| Architecture | Bachelors Degree | 0402 (04.02) |
| Architecture | Master's Degree | 0402 (04.02) |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Master's Degree | 0403 (04.03) |
| Environmental Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0404 (04.04) |
| Architecture and Related Services, Other | Master's Degree | 0499 (04.99) |
| Architecture and Related Services, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0499 (04.99) |
| Area Studies | Bachelors Degree | 0501 (05.01) |
| Area Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0501 (05.01) |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelors Degree | 0502 (05.02) |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Master's Degree | 0502 (05.02) |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0502 (05.02) |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelors Degree | 0901 (09.01) |
| Communication and Media Studies | Master's Degree | 0901 (09.01) |
| Publishing | Master's Degree | 0910 (09.10) |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 0999 (09.99) |
| Computer Science | Bachelors Degree | 1107 (11.07) |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | 1107 (11.07) |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | 1107 (11.07) |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Master's Degree | 1108 (11.08) |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1108 (11.08) |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1110 (11.10) |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Doctoral Degree | 1199 (11.99) |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1199 (11.99) |
| Education, General | Master's Degree | 1301 (13.01) |
| Education, General | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1301 (13.01) |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | 1303 (13.03) |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Doctoral Degree | 1303 (13.03) |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | 1304 (13.04) |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Doctoral Degree | 1304 (13.04) |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1304 (13.04) |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | 1305 (13.05) |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Master's Degree | 1309 (13.09) |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | 1310 (13.10) |
| Special Education and Teaching | Doctoral Degree | 1310 (13.10) |
| Special Education and Teaching | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1310 (13.10) |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | 1311 (13.11) |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1311 (13.11) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Master's Degree | 1312 (13.12) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1312 (13.12) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelors Degree | 1313 (13.13) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Master's Degree | 1313 (13.13) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Doctoral Degree | 1313 (13.13) |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1313 (13.13) |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Bachelors Degree | 1314 (13.14) |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | 1314 (13.14) |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | 1314 (13.14) |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1314 (13.14) |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelors Degree | 1408 (14.08) |
| Civil Engineering | Master's Degree | 1408 (14.08) |
| Civil Engineering | Doctoral Degree | 1408 (14.08) |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelors Degree | 1409 (14.09) |
| Computer Engineering | Master's Degree | 1409 (14.09) |
| Computer Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1409 (14.09) |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelors Degree | 1410 (14.10) |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Master's Degree | 1410 (14.10) |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Doctoral Degree | 1410 (14.10) |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1410 (14.10) |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelors Degree | 1414 (14.14) |
| Materials Engineering | Master's Degree | 1418 (14.18) |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelors Degree | 1419 (14.19) |
| Mechanical Engineering | Master's Degree | 1419 (14.19) |
| Mechanical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | 1419 (14.19) |
| Systems Engineering | Master's Degree | 1427 (14.27) |
| Systems Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1427 (14.27) |
| Engineering, Other | Master's Degree | 1499 (14.99) |
| Engineering, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1499 (14.99) |
| Engineering Technology, General | Master's Degree | 1500 (15.00) |
| Engineering Technology, General | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1500 (15.00) |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Master's Degree | 1515 (15.15) |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Doctoral Degree | 1515 (15.15) |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1515 (15.15) |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelors Degree | 1601 (16.01) |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | 1601 (16.01) |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1601 (16.01) |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelors Degree | 1603 (16.03) |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | 1603 (16.03) |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelors Degree | 1604 (16.04) |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1604 (16.04) |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelors Degree | 1605 (16.05) |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | 1605 (16.05) |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelors Degree | 1609 (16.09) |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | 1609 (16.09) |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelors Degree | 1611 (16.11) |
| Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1615 (16.15) |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelors Degree | 1905 (19.05) |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Master's Degree | 1905 (19.05) |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1905 (19.05) |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelors Degree | 1907 (19.07) |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Master's Degree | 1907 (19.07) |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 1907 (19.07) |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelors Degree | 2301 (23.01) |
| English Language and Literature, General | Master's Degree | 2301 (23.01) |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelors Degree | 2313 (23.13) |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | 2313 (23.13) |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelors Degree | 2401 (24.01) |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | 2401 (24.01) |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Master's Degree | 2401 (24.01) |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 2401 (24.01) |
| Biology, General | Bachelors Degree | 2601 (26.01) |
| Biology, General | Master's Degree | 2601 (26.01) |
| Biology, General | Doctoral Degree | 2601 (26.01) |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelors Degree | 2602 (26.02) |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | 2611 (26.11) |
| Mathematics | Bachelors Degree | 2701 (27.01) |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | 2701 (27.01) |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | 2701 (27.01) |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | 2703 (27.03) |
| Statistics | Master's Degree | 2705 (27.05) |
| Statistics | Doctoral Degree | 2705 (27.05) |
| Statistics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 2705 (27.05) |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelors Degree | 3001 (30.01) |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Master's Degree | 3001 (30.01) |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Bachelors Degree | 3005 (30.05) |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | 3005 (30.05) |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Doctoral Degree | 3005 (30.05) |
| Systems Science and Theory | Master's Degree | 3006 (30.06) |
| Systems Science and Theory | Doctoral Degree | 3006 (30.06) |
| Gerontology | Master's Degree | 3011 (30.11) |
| Gerontology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 3011 (30.11) |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelors Degree | 3020 (30.20) |
| International/Global Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 3020 (30.20) |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelors Degree | 3099 (30.99) |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Master's Degree | 3099 (30.99) |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 3099 (30.99) |
| Philosophy | Bachelors Degree | 3801 (38.01) |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelors Degree | 3802 (38.02) |
| Chemistry | Bachelors Degree | 4005 (40.05) |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | 4005 (40.05) |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | 4005 (40.05) |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelors Degree | 4006 (40.06) |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Master's Degree | 4006 (40.06) |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4006 (40.06) |
| Physics | Bachelors Degree | 4008 (40.08) |
| Physics | Master's Degree | 4008 (40.08) |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | 4008 (40.08) |
| Psychology, General | Bachelors Degree | 4201 (42.01) |
| Psychology, General | Master's Degree | 4201 (42.01) |
| Psychology, General | Doctoral Degree | 4201 (42.01) |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | 4228 (42.28) |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Doctoral Degree | 4228 (42.28) |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelors Degree | 4301 (43.01) |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | 4301 (43.01) |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Master's Degree | 4301 (43.01) |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4301 (43.01) |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Bachelors Degree | 4402 (44.02) |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | 4404 (44.04) |
| Public Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4404 (44.04) |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | 4405 (44.05) |
| Public Policy Analysis | Doctoral Degree | 4405 (44.05) |
| Public Policy Analysis | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4405 (44.05) |
| Social Work | Bachelors Degree | 4407 (44.07) |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | 4407 (44.07) |
| Social Work | Doctoral Degree | 4407 (44.07) |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4499 (44.99) |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelors Degree | 4501 (45.01) |
| Social Sciences, General | Master's Degree | 4501 (45.01) |
| Anthropology | Bachelors Degree | 4502 (45.02) |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | 4502 (45.02) |
| Economics | Bachelors Degree | 4506 (45.06) |
| Economics | Master's Degree | 4506 (45.06) |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelors Degree | 4507 (45.07) |
| Geography and Cartography | Master's Degree | 4507 (45.07) |
| Geography and Cartography | Doctoral Degree | 4507 (45.07) |
| Geography and Cartography | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 4507 (45.07) |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelors Degree | 4509 (45.09) |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelors Degree | 4510 (45.10) |
| Political Science and Government | Master's Degree | 4510 (45.10) |
| Sociology | Bachelors Degree | 4511 (45.11) |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | 4511 (45.11) |
| Sociology | Doctoral Degree | 4511 (45.11) |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelors Degree | 4512 (45.12) |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Master's Degree | 4512 (45.12) |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Doctoral Degree | 4512 (45.12) |
| Dance | Bachelors Degree | 5003 (50.03) |
| Dance | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5003 (50.03) |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelors Degree | 5004 (50.04) |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelors Degree | 5005 (50.05) |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Master's Degree | 5005 (50.05) |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelors Degree | 5006 (50.06) |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelors Degree | 5007 (50.07) |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Master's Degree | 5007 (50.07) |
| Music | Bachelors Degree | 5009 (50.09) |
| Music | Master's Degree | 5009 (50.09) |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | Bachelors Degree | 5099 (50.99) |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelors Degree | 5100 (51.00) |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelors Degree | 5102 (51.02) |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Master's Degree | 5102 (51.02) |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelors Degree | 5107 (51.07) |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Master's Degree | 5107 (51.07) |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5115 (51.15) |
| Public Health | Bachelors Degree | 5122 (51.22) |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | 5122 (51.22) |
| Public Health | Doctoral Degree | 5122 (51.22) |
| Public Health | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5122 (51.22) |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Master's Degree | 5199 (51.99) |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelors Degree | 5202 (52.02) |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | 5202 (52.02) |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5202 (52.02) |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelors Degree | 5203 (52.03) |
| Accounting and Related Services | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | 5203 (52.03) |
| Accounting and Related Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5203 (52.03) |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelors Degree | 5207 (52.07) |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Master's Degree | 5207 (52.07) |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5207 (52.07) |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelors Degree | 5208 (52.08) |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Master's Degree | 5208 (52.08) |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelors Degree | 5210 (52.10) |
| International Business | Bachelors Degree | 5211 (52.11) |
| International Business | Master's Degree | 5211 (52.11) |
| International Business | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5211 (52.11) |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelors Degree | 5212 (52.12) |
| Marketing | Bachelors Degree | 5214 (52.14) |
| Real Estate | Bachelors Degree | 5215 (52.15) |
| Real Estate | Master's Degree | 5215 (52.15) |
| Real Estate | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5215 (52.15) |
| Taxation | Master's Degree | 5216 (52.16) |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelors Degree | 5218 (52.18) |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5218 (52.18) |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | 5219 (52.19) |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Bachelors Degree | 5299 (52.99) |
| History | Bachelors Degree | 5401 (54.01) |
| History | Master's Degree | 5401 (54.01) |